Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?
The ozzie cattle and sheep markets have more than halved in 9 months, and every week trending lower, elnino has spooked many and numbers flood onto the market, restockers arent game to buy, feedlots a little nervous but we do have plenty of grain.
Cattle prices were at record highs 15 months...
Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April?
Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
Had an email from Farming Connect this week inviting me to a webinar about the scheme on the 25th at 7.30. I've never done one of these but I have registered and will see what happens...
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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A large-scale Canadian potato grower is seeking to minimise the farm’s impact on the environment, while operating within a challenging landscape. CPM went to visit.
By Mike Abram
The team at Perry Farm are having their weekly agronomy...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
The Environment Agency has recommended that farmers in Devon and Cornwall consider growing crops other than maize in the future.
It believes these areas are at a high risk of run-off during bad weather – which could become the norm as a result of...
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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As harvest comes to a close for another year, CPM takes a look at what some of the leading manufacturers have brought to the market.
By Melanie Jenkins
Harvest is as ever, a short time window which is incredibly weather dependent, so...
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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According to combine draper head makers and users, benefits include higher outputs, head-first feeding, more accurate ground contour-following and better performance in low and laid crops, plus longer harvest days. CPM finds out more...
5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try .
First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
Hello, i need perforated grain trough for my Claas Tucano 450, but claas will have it available in the end of october. I want to make holes in ordinary grain trough, but i am not sure, what kind of holes i should make. Is here anyone, who has something like that and can take a photo? Thank you.
Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland
Farmers keen to ensure that their cows will get the best out of the silage they have harvested in recent months should think about getting their silage analysed.
Silage analysis will be important coming into the winter as farmers will be soon begin to close...
I have no problem with RPA inspections but how reasonable should it be...
I explain ...
20 mins ago had a phone call " I need to come and do a whole herd tag test on one of your holdings"
I explained that
a, the cattle were alli out on grass keep and not back till end of next week
b, we have...
Landscape Recovery: developing the scheme together
Written by Phoebe Hamilton-Jones
In this photo, Project Manager of the Axe Landscape Recovery project, Alasdair Moffett and Environment Agency Geomorphologist Julian Payne talk about plans to restore parts of the River Axe. Credit...
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